Ratio - Using Ratio Language - Planning

The Year 6 curriculum introduces students to the concept of ratio and proportion, providing them with the skills to solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities. The key vocabulary for this unit includes terms such as 'ratio', 'for every', 'number', 'compare', and 'fraction', among others. Understanding these terms is crucial, as they form the foundation of ratio language. Students are encouraged to use resources like multi-link cubes, worksheets, and presentations to enhance their learning experience. The lesson aims to teach students how to express relationships between quantities using ratio language, starting with simple comparisons such as the ratio of boys to girls in the class. Through a series of activities, students learn to complete stem sentences that describe comparisons and explore mathematical operations like division to find equivalent ratios.

The lesson plan involves hands-on and discussion-based activities where students use multi-link cubes to create patterns and write 'For every...' sentences to describe ratios. They are also prompted to think about alternative ways to find ratios without using the phrase 'For every...'. Group work and independent activities are designed to cater to different learning levels, from those working towards understanding to those ready for greater depth. The lesson concludes with a reflection on the skills used, such as counting, comparing, multiplying, and dividing, and an emphasis on understanding the difference between expressing a ratio and the actual values involved. Students are guided to remember the key concepts from the lesson and apply them to various scenarios, ensuring a comprehensive grasp of using ratio language.